Highmountain Thunderhoof

Highmountain Thunderhoof is the racial ground mount of the Highmountain Tauren allied race, added to World of Warcraft in patch 7.3.5 of the Legion expansion. It is a massive highland moose with powerful branching antlers adorned with totemic charms and feathers — a loyal companion of the Highmountain tribe's hunters, capable of carrying its rider across the harshest cliffs and deepest rivers of the Broken Isles.

The mount is granted as a reward for completing the final quest of the Highmountain Tauren recruitment scenario into the Horde — Together We Are the Horde!. After finishing the chain you earn the achievement Allied Races: Highmountain Tauren, unlock the ability to create allied race characters, and the Highmountain Thunderhoof itself becomes available to all Horde characters on your account.

• Unique moose model — a large battle moose with its own distinctive skeleton, different from the Highmountain Elderhorn and from the standard racial kodos of the tauren. It completes the Legion moose model collection.
• No chance or RNG — the mount is guaranteed upon completing the quest chain; no drop farming is required.
• The only racial mount of the Highmountain Tauren — used by all allied race characters by default, unlike standard tauren who ride kodos.
• Account-bound — once obtained, the mount appears on all Horde characters of your account, regardless of class and original race.
• Maximum ground mount speed — +60% or +100% to movement speed depending on your riding skill.
• Unlocks a new allied race — alongside the mount you gain access to creating a Highmountain Tauren allied race character with a set of unique racial abilities and heritage armor after completing the heritage quest.

Before patch 9.0.1 (Shadowlands), launching the recruitment scenario required Exalted reputation with the Highmountain Tribe and the achievement Ain't No Mountains High Enough for fully completing the Highmountain story campaign. In patches 9.0.1 and 10.1.5 these requirements were removed. On the current patch 11.1 of The War Within, obtaining the mount only requires a level 40 Horde character and completing a chain of 16 quests.

1. Create or choose a Horde character of at least level 40.
2. Head to Orgrimmar, to the Embassy (the upper tier of the Valley of Strength, near the entrance to the Valley of Spirits).
3. In the Embassy, find Ji Firepaw — the Horde's chief ambassador for allied races.
4. Take the starting quest of the Highmountain Tauren chain from him.

Step 1. Start at the Orgrimmar Embassy

1. Approach Ji Firepaw in the Horde Embassy
2. Take the quest A Feast for Our Kin — the first quest of the recruitment chain
3. The quest sends you to Thunder Bluff, to the high chieftain of the tauren, Baine Bloodhoof

Step 2. Thunder Bluff and Thunder Totem

1. Use the portal to Thunder Bluff from Orgrimmar (near the Embassy or with the orc portal shaman).
2. Climb up to the hall at the top of the Bluff and speak with Baine Bloodhoof.
3. He will send you to Thunder Totem — the main city of the Highmountain Tauren in the Broken Isles.
4. If the Dalaran over the Broken Isles is not yet active, use the introductory quest Uniting the Isles at the herald in Orgrimmar to unlock the region

Step 3. The Quest Chain in Highmountain

In Thunder Totem you will meet Mayla Highmountain, the chieftain of the tribe. From there a series of story quests await you, in which you help the tribe repel a threat from a new enemy:

1. Shadow over Thunder Bluff — investigating strange events
2. Dark Forces — confronting risen fel-tainted entities
3. Several intermediate quests with a visit to Mulgore and Thunder Bluff
4. The final scenario featuring Mayla Highmountain and Baine Bloodhoof

There are about 16 quests in the chain in total. With a relaxed run at max level it takes 40–60 minutes.

Step 4. The Finale — Together We Are the Horde!

1. Return to Orgrimmar, to the Embassy, and turn in the final quest Together We Are the Horde! to Ji Firepaw
2. In a cutscene Mayla Highmountain officially swears her allegiance to the Horde, and Sylvanas Windrunner (or her current successor) welcomes the new people.
3. As a reward you receive the Highmountain Thunderhoof and the achievement Allied Races: Highmountain Tauren
4. The mount is automatically added to the collection of all Horde characters on your account.

In addition to the mount itself, completing the recruitment chain grants significant bonuses:

Available Classes for Highmountain Tauren

On patch 11.1 of The War Within, the allied race can play a wide list of classes:

• Warrior
• Hunter
• Shaman
• Druid
• Monk
• Death Knight (added in 8.3.0)
• Priest (added in 10.0.0)
• Mage (added in 10.0.0)
• Rogue (added in 10.0.0)
• Warlock (added in 10.1.5)

• The quest does not appear in the Embassy — make sure your Horde character is level 40 or higher. The chain is unavailable on lower-level characters
• No access to Thunder Totem — complete the Legion introductory quest Uniting the Isles and fly to Thunder Totem the usual way
• The chain breaks between quests — check the "Quests" section on the Horde map. The next step is usually marked with an exclamation point in Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff or Thunder Totem
• I only need the mount and won't use the race — the chain is mandatory for both. There is no separate way to obtain the Highmountain Thunderhoof
• The previous Exalted and Ain't No Mountains High Enough requirements — these conditions have been removed and are no longer checked